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bukhari:6086 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

When Allah Apostle was in Ta'if (trying to conquer it), he said to his companions, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." Some of the companions of Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We will not leave till we conquer it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Therefore, be ready to fight tomorrow." On the following day, they (Muslims) fought fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered many wounds. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time. Messenger of Allah ﷺ then smiled.

البخاري:٦٠٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالطَّائِفِ قَالَ إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ نَبْرَحُ أَوْ نَفْتَحَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاغْدُوا عَلَى الْقِتَالِ قَالَ فَغَدَوْا فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ قِتَالاً شَدِيدًا وَكَثُرَ فِيهِمُ الْجِرَاحَاتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَسَكَتُوا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بِالْخَبَرِ كُلَّهُ

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Withdrawal from the siege of Taif

bukhari:4325 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Shāʿir al-Aʿmá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[AI] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ besieged Taif and did not gain anything against them, he said, "We are returning, if Allah wills." This was hard on them, and they said, "Are we to go away without conquering it?" On one occasion he said, "We are returning." So he said, "Go out in the morning to fight." They went out in the morning and sustained wounds, so he said, "We are returning tomorrow, if Allah wills." That pleased them, and the Prophet ﷺ laughed.

Sufyan said on one occasion: "Then he smiled." He said: Al-Humaydi said: Sufyan narrated the whole report to us.

البخاري:٤٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّاعِرِ الأَعْمَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَمَّا حَاصَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الطَّائِفَ فَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُمْ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»، فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَقَالُوا: نَذْهَبُ وَلاَ نَفْتَحُهُ؟ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: نَقْفُلُ، فَقَالَ: «اغْدُوا عَلَى الْقِتَالِ»، فَغَدَوْا فَأَصَابَهُمْ جِرَاحٌ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»، فَأَعْجَبَهُمْ، فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ.

وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً: فَتَبَسَّمَ. قَالَ: قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الْخَبَرَ كُلَّهُ.